Ginger Cranberry Cocktail (Frozen Vodka or Gin)

Ingredients

• 8 servings splash club soda 
• 1 cup cranberries frozen
• 2 cups 1/4 cup dried cranberry (juice sweetened if possible) 
• 1 cup ginger syrup to taste
• 4 inch ginger peeled roughly chopped
• 8 servings ginger shaved
• 1  juice of lime juiced
• 0.5 cup sugar 
• 2 cups vodka 
• 1.5 cups water 

Equipment

• sauce pan

Directions

1. Place all syrup ingredients in a saucepan and simmer until sugar dissolves and the ginger is infused in the syrup, about 20 minutes. Strain and allow to cool fully before use.
2. For the drink: Crush the frozen cranberries in a large glass pitcher.
3. Add the lime juice and their juiced wedges to the pitcher.
4. Pour in the vodka, cranberry juice, and ginger syrup. Put ice in low-ball glasses and fill glasses about 2/3 full. Top off with club soda and garnish with a shaving of fresh ginger.